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ثَوْر
bull /ˈθawr/
nounB1#2465 most common
Also: ox, Taurus (zodiac sign)
Example sentences
هَذَا ثَوْرٌ كَبِيرٌ.
This is a big bull.
يَعْمَلُ الْفَلَّاحُ بِالثَّوْرِ فِي الْحَقْلِ.
The farmer works with the ox in the field.
اِشْتَرَى الرَّجُلُ ثَوْرًا مِنَ السُّوقِ لِيَذْبَحَهُ فِي الْعِيدِ.
The man bought a bull from the market to slaughter for the holiday.
بُرْجُ الثَّوْرِ هُوَ ثَانِي بُرْجٍ فِي دَائِرَةِ الْأَبْرَاجِ.
Taurus is the second sign in the zodiac.
يُعَدُّ جَبَلُ ثَوْرٍ قُرْبَ مَكَّةَ مَكَانًا تَارِيخِيًّا مُهِمًّا لِأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ اخْتَبَأَ فِيهِ.
Mount Thawr near Mecca is considered an important historical site because the Prophet hid there.
تَجُرُّ الثِّيرَانُ الْمِحْرَاثَ فِي الْحُقُولِ مُنْذُ آلَافِ السِّنِينَ رَغْمَ انْتِشَارِ الْآلَاتِ الْحَدِيثَةِ فِي الزِّرَاعَةِ.
Oxen have pulled the plow in fields for thousands of years despite the spread of modern machines in agriculture.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ثَوْرٌ | ثِيرَانٌ |
| Genitive | ثَوْرٍ | ثِيرَانٍ |
| Accusative | ثَوْرًا | ثِيرَانًا |
| Vocative | يَا ثَوْرُ | يَا ثِيرَانُ |
Word family
ثِيرَانbulls, oxen (plural)
ثَوْرَةrevolutionثَائِرrevolutionary, insurgent
مُثِيرexciting, provocativeبُرْج الثَّوْرTaurus (zodiac sign)
Etymology
Thawr comes from the triliteral Semitic root th-w-r, the same root behind the verb thāra, to rise up or stir, and the noun thawra, revolution. Classical Arabic lexicographers tied the bull's name to this root, pointing to the animal's role in plowing, an act of turning and stirring the soil. The word has close matches across the Semitic languages for ox or bull, pointing back to a shared Proto-Semitic ancestor. It is attested already in pre-Islamic Arabic poetry as a common term for the animal.
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